Selection of the best esports discipline, comparison and analysis

Esports betting

Cybersport is a dynamically developing area, which every year is overgrown with an increasing number of disciplines. Therefore, it can be quite difficult for the user of the bookmaker's office to decide which game is best suited for betting. Of course, it is advisable to choose the type that the bettor constantly monitors, understands the in-game features. But each individual esports discipline has a number of advantages and disadvantages. What niche should a user occupy in order to be sure to be in the black, to make only winning bets?

Content

1. Clash of the titans: Dota 2 vs Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2. Number of tournaments
3. Frequency of tournaments
4. Tournament level
5. Availability of information about commands
6. Tournament broadcasts
7. Line width in bookmakers
8. List in the bookmaker's office
9. “Dark horses” of the esports world
10. conclusions

Clash of the titans: Dota 2 vs Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

The entire e-sports space has long been divided into two huge layers: titans and “dark horses”. This gradation is due to the size of the prize money, attention to disciplines on the part of the audience, as well as the financial capabilities of the organizers of the competition. Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive stand out a lot from the general list, they are incredibly difficult to fight with. But which of these esports disciplines is the preferred one, what exactly should you choose for betting?

For convenience, the analysis will be presented in the form of a table, which will compare the key indicators that are of decisive importance for the users of bookmakers.

Number of tournaments

Dota 2 has developed a system of DPC tournaments that surpass all other events in terms of level and importance. In the 2019/2020 season, 5 minor, 5 major and The International are held. All other competitions have become much less frequent, since strong teams prefer to refuse to participate in them, this also leads to a lack of spectator interest.

How to place bets on Dota 2 tournaments of all levels can be found in a separate article.

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In Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the esports scene is much more ramified, but this results in a lot of overlaps and inconsistencies. At the same time, 19 high-level tournaments, 2 events from Valve and a large number of small competitions were held in 2019.

The specifics of betting on multilevel Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competitions can be found in a separate article.

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive wins by the number of competitions held

Frequency of tournaments

The competitive season of Dota 2 is thought out in such a way that one month is allotted for the qualifying stages of the competition, and the next for their main part. For this reason, there are simply no large calendar periods without tournaments, teams have the only long vacation before The International, in June-July teams are preparing, working on strategies and tactics.

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In Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, a not very convenient system has developed, in which some tournaments can overlap, but in March-April, as well as June, there are practically no competitions. However, the schedule for the remaining months includes 5-6 different tournaments.

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The frequency of the tournaments is smarter in the Dota 2 discipline

Tournament level

Once again, it should be emphasized that in Dota 2, the esports scene is undergoing a real restructuring, small tournaments have practically ceased to be held, so all existing competitions are of medium and high level.

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But in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the number of small tournaments is commensurate with the number of medium and large competitions. Perhaps this only confuses the cards more for users, since small events are more difficult to analyze, some favorites come to maintain a competitive form, but do not give their best.

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The level of tournaments is much higher in Dota 2, so it's much easier to analyze them.

Availability of information about commands

The audience's interest in e-sports determines the development of various information resources. Tournaments start their own websites, where all the necessary announcements appear in a timely manner. There are portals that are constantly collecting and analyzing statistical indicators. For this reason, there is no difficulty in finding information about any team of interest, both in Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Find the best services for betting on esports events and learn how to use them in a dedicated review

Perhaps this is the only criterion according to which the considered esports disciplines are equal

Tournament broadcasts

In Dota 2, almost all tournaments are of a high level, so various companies are maximally interested in getting the rights to broadcast. And every small competition is forced to cover the event in order to get at least some spectator interest. For this reason, any single match can be found on the twitch.tv platform as well as in the game client.

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But in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the situation is much more complicated, since it is difficult to achieve coverage of local tournaments. The situation is especially deplorable with competitions in South America, where the level of events is much lower than in all other regions. Therefore, only a few, usually the largest, tournaments receive wide coverage.

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Line width in bookmakers

The peculiarities of the esports scene in Dota 2 determine that all tournaments that are just being held almost certainly end up in the line of all legal bookmakers. For this reason, at any time you can go in and find them in the line. As for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, everything is much more complicated, since some bookmakers decide not to offer bets on a particular tournament, while others give it in full.

For comparison, we present data on the presence of two eSports tournaments in the line of different disciplines of the middle level.

The Dota 2 tournament is represented in all bookmakers, while the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competition was missed by some

List in the bookmaker's office

The main list of the Dota 2 tournament is quite wide, since almost all in-game events are presented in a line, you can find any option you are interested in. Moreover, this is also present in live mode, where they give the opportunity to bet on each subsequent card.

You can learn more about the features of special bets on Dota 2 in the expert review.

Depending on the situation, you can choose the team that first took Roshan, destroyed the tower and the barracks. But the rival in the esports scene has one big advantage.

Betting on individual performers is exactly what many users are starting to follow Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for. Of course, both in the main line and in live mode there is a complete list of in-game events, among which there is the installation of a bombsite, a frag with a grenade, a knife or a Molotov.

Unusual CS: GO bets can also be found in a separate article.

But it is the presence of bets on players that makes the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive line wider and brighter.

One of the criteria by which Counter-Strike: Global Offensive completely surpasses the Dota 2 discipline

“Dark horses” of the esports world

Of course, the entire esports world was captured by Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, but you shouldn't focus only on them. New disciplines are constantly emerging that can impose competition and become a very successful niche for betting. Among the promising areas are:

• League of Legends;
• StarCraft;
• FIFA;
• Call of Duty;
• Fortnite;

You can read about which of the above disciplines to choose as suitable in the next article.

conclusions

The above analysis led to the following conclusions:

• The advantages of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive are the large number of tournaments held, as well as their wide list in bookmakers;
• The advantages of Dota 2 are more significant – they lie in the frequency and level of competitions, their presence in the line of bookmakers.

Ideally, you should understand the peculiarities of these eSports disciplines in order to successfully bet on both one and other events.